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9. desember 2013

I've decided to have a little pre Christmas competition on my Facebook page. All
you have to do is like my page and comment under the picture what gift
you want. The plan is to announce one winner on monday December 16th,
but if a lot of people participate there is high chance of me picking
more than one. For more information and pictures you can follow the
links below.

7. november 2013

I've had some old and colerful ties laying around for ages. I have tried several things with them but nothing really worked befor I got my hands on some flex frames. They were just the right size so I could turn the ties into small coin purses.

I love the bold and colerful pattens from the 70s

But after making these purses I have learnt to love the less colerful and more tradidional brown stripes as well.

2. juni 2013

There are always plenty of giveaways taking place in numerous blogs around the web. As most of us do I write a comment and share whatever needs to be shared and think no more of it. There are a lot of people competing so chances are slim.

But this time it was finally my turn, and the prize was a fantastic Hand colored D.G.A by the artist Rutheart whose blog you can find here

The package arrived and on the front it had a small and exiting envelope attached to it.

When I opened it I found a very nice personal greeting from the sender.

Inside I was expecting an image called P i n n o c h i o but to my surprise I fond not just one, but two pictures. Pinnochio was accompanied by "the last samurai" Both pictures was blogged about here

5. mai 2013

Last summer I had various paint projects around the hose, and projects like tat generate a lot of pain samples. They looked very decorative all piled up and colorful so I decided that i wanted to try to give them a new purpose.

To get some ideas I decided to look to google for inspiration. And to my surprise a lot of different ideas appeared. I knew there were a lot of creative people out there but that one could do so many different things with those small bits of paper really surprised me.

I decided to make these small notebooks. They were really simle to make and I used recycled paper cut to size inside. (Bills and formal letters always have half a blank side that I cut of an collected for a while for this project.)
If I stamp my contact information on the back they can be given out as useful businesscards.

Under you'll find a list of some of the things I found on my search. Click the images to go to the wanted page.

21. april 2013

This gorgeous little girl is my daughter's sister Elea Sofie. She is always happy just like her sister was at that age and I was lucky enough to be allowed to use her as a model for my baby hat experiments.

I got a lot of Egyptian cotton from a local yarn shop that was closing down. I'm still a crochet novice so I need small projects if I'm to have any hope of finishing. But I needed a little bit more challenge than washcloths so I decided to have a go at baby hats.

I didn't use a pattern to make these so the size was a little bit of a gamble. (not completely true, I did try to follow this tutorial, but for some reason it didn't work for me so i decided to wing it) I got lucky with the first one who was the perfect fit for 4,5 months old Elea. But the sunhat was a little on the small side so that would probably fit a 1-3 months old better.

I'm attending a summer crafting fair at the end of May and If I'm able to finish a few more of these I'll bring them with me

21. februar 2013

February isn't just my brothers month. A few days after him it was both his wifes birthday and mothers day. My sister in law had wanted me to make a embroidery of their dog for a long time so i decided that this would be a good opportunity fulfill her wish.

And when I first got started I desided to make a butterfly for my mother as well.

I mounted the pieces on some suede leather and made some pouches of that like i did last time. The only difference now was that i decided to line the pouches with fabric that matched the colors of the dog/butterfly.sadly I forgot to take a picture of that before I gave them away.

Who am I:

I live with my daughter and a peculiar cat in an old house in the middle of a big-small town on the south/west coast of Norway. The house would most defiantly benefit from a total renovation, but it got lots of charm and we love it. My daughter is 12 and she makes her mother proud every day, the cat is about 8 and as big a diva as a cat can be and I’m the one that tries to be on top of everything.

If you have questions or want to get in touch with me for other reasons my e-mail address is: avsusanne@gmail.com